St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-24
RAILROAD LAND GRANTS.
An Adjustment Made BY the Cen
eraI Land Office.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-The commits
sioner of the general land Office has
completed the adjustment of nine rail
road grants out OF the whole number of
such grants pending for adjustment,
three of which have been reported to
the secretary of the interior, and the re-
lnainder are being prepared for trans
initial. The land Office adjustment in
these cases show that the st. Joseph &
Denver City Railroad company have
Nebraska outside of railroad linn
its, and that the company
would be entitled to 143, 1903 acres more
than received, if there were lands
within the limits subject to selection.
1t is understood that nearly all the
lands have been exhausted, and, there
fore, that this grant is practically
closed. In the other eight cases the adj
juStment shows that an aggregate of
1858, 4S5 acres have been enormously
patented or certified in excess of the
amounts due under the grants, and that
the same companies have filed lists of
selections aggregating 1,644 ,384 acres in
addition, making a total of 1887, 1864
acres received and claimed in excess of
the grants. The eight roads mentioned
are the following:
Sioux City & st. Paul Railroad company, of
Iowa-Excess patented, 100, 346I9 acres;
reconveyed to United States by state of Iowa,
26,O17 .43 acres; recovered by other com
panies Al ,637.52 acres; net excess pat-
ented, 1O1. 641 acres.
Cedar Rapids T. Missouri River Railroad
company, Iowa-Excess certified, 12S.01S
acres; awarded to other companies by United
States supreme court, 100, 756 acres; remain
ing excess, 1928 acres; additional selec-
tons pending, 2,6l8 acres; total remaining
excess and excess selections. 20,S79 acres.
Chicago, ST. Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha
Railroad company, Wisconsin-Grant certi-
fed by patent issued; excess selections
pending, 246, 063 acres.
Same company, bayfield, branch-Excess
approved, 81, 1O2 acres: additional excess
selections, 124, $40 acres; total excess and
excess selections, 161 ,621 acres.
st. Paul. Minneapolis & Manitoba Railroad
company, Minnesota (Mail line, st. Paul d
Pacific Railroad company)-Excess patented
selections, 496. 265 acres; total excess and
excess selections 542, 1863 acres.
Same company, st. Vincent extension-Ex-
cess patented or certified, ia, 1872 acres;
additional excess selections, 10000 acres;
total excess and excess selections, 944 ,322
acres.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
company. Kansas-Excess certified to COM
pany, So, 021 acres.
Missouri, Kansas l. Texas Railroad COM
pany, Kansas excess patented or certified
10 company, 600. 696 acres; patents set aside
By supreme court of the United States for
lands in Indian reservations, 367. 265 acres;
remaining excess patented or certified, 293,-
431 acres, additional excess selections pend
ing, 5, 9lS acres: total excess and excess Sc
lections 800, $50 acres.
Commissioner Sparks will hold the
excess selections for rejection and can
collation., and recommend suit in the
courts to set aside the excess patents
and certificates. The adjustments of
the remaining railroad and wagon road
grants is in progress and an increased
office force to do this work will be de-
tailed by the commissioner.